A back-nine eagle elevated Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri to five-under 65 in the penultimate round for a share of the third spot in the Travelers Championship here.
Lahiri, thus, puts himself in contention for the title though England's Paul Casey was on fire during his eight-under 62 that gave him a four-shot lead over second placed Russell Henley (67).
Casey was at 16-under 194 to Henley's 12-under at TPC River Highlands here.
Lahiri, JB Holmes, with whom the Indian plays his final round, and Brian Harman (69) are at 11-under in tied third position.
Lahiri scored three birdies and an eagle on the back nine and a bogey and a birdie in the front nine.
Well, it (a win) is obviously one of my goals. It's something that I set out to do when I moved base here two-and-a-half years ago. It hasn't been a special season so far, so obviously there's never a bad time to win. I've got to keep doing what I'm doing and if I keep moving in the right direction, it will come sooner rather than later," Lahiri said about his chances of winning the title here.
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Lahiri termed his performance on the penultimate round as a contrasting one.
It was a day of contrast. I think in front nine I missed everything and I felt totally out of sorts. I think my short game and my scrambling on the front side just kept me alive.
I started on a good note. Birdied the first, and gave one away on second. I think early in the round I hadn't quite adjusted. The greens were really quick and I didn't hit a lot of fairways on the front, so just tried to get up-and-down and kind of grind it out," he said explaining his game.
"Then I hit a really good one on 11, almost holed out, and I think that really got my round going. After that I was pretty locked in and really happy to come in strong."